Intents List: Invoking Google Applications on Android Devices

The table below lists the intents that your application can send, to invoke Google applications on Android devices in certain ways. For each action/uri pair, the table describes how the receiving Google application handles the intent.

Note that this list is not comprehensive.

Target Application

Intent URI

Intent Action

Result

Browser

http://web_address
https://web_address

VIEW

Open a browser window to the URL specified.

"" (empty string)
http://web_address
https://web_address

WEB_SEARCH

Opens the file at the location on the device in the browser.

Dialer

tel: phone_number

CALL

Calls the entered phone number. Valid telephone numbers as defined
in the IETF RFC 3966 are
accepted. Valid examples include the following:

tel:2125551212

tel:
(212) 555 1212

The dialer is good at normalizing some kinds of schemes: for example
telephone numbers, so the schema described isn't strictly required
in the Uri(URI string) factory. However, if you have not tried a
schema or are unsure whether it can be handled, use the Uri.fromParts(scheme, ssp, fragment) factory
instead.

Note: This requires your
application to request the following permission in your manifest: <uses-permission
id="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" />

tel:phone_number
voicemail:

DIAL

Dials (but does not actually initiate the call) the number given
(or the stored voicemail on the phone). Telephone number normalization
described for CALL applies to DIAL as well.

The z field specifies the zoom level. A zoom level of 1 shows the whole Earth, centered at the
given lat,lng. A zoom level of 2 shows a quarter of the Earth, and so on. The highest
zoom level is 23. A larger zoom level will be clamped to 23.

Google Streetview

google.streetview:cbll=lat,lng&cbp=1,yaw,,pitch,zoom&mz=mapZoom

VIEW

Opens the Street View application to the given location. The URI scheme is
based on the syntax used for Street View panorama information in Google Maps URLs.

The cbll field is required. The cbp and mz fields are optional.

lat

latitude

lng

longitude

yaw

Panorama center-of-view in degrees clockwise from North.Note: The two commas after the yaw parameter are required. They are present
for backwards-compatibility reasons.

Panorama zoom. 1.0 = normal zoom, 2.0 = zoomed in 2x, 3.0 = zoomed in 4x, and so on.
A zoom of 1.0 is 90 degree horizontal FOV for a nominal landscape mode 4
x 3 aspect ratio display Android phones in portrait mode will adjust the zoom so
that the vertical FOV is approximately the same as the landscape vertical FOV.
This means that the horizontal FOV of an Android phone in portrait mode is much
narrower than in landscape mode. This is done to minimize the fisheye lens
effect that would be present if a 90 degree horizontal FOV was used in portrait
mode.

mapZoom

The map zoom of the map location associated with this panorama. This value is passed on to the
Maps activity when the Street View "Go to Maps" menu item is chosen. It corresponds to the z parameter in
the geo: intent.